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Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)
waxing gibbous · 74%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 40° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 7 s E Water: 22.4 °C Pressure: 1021.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.4 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 4:43 am Last light 6:21 pm
High 4:33 am Low 10:12 am High 4:48 pm Low 11:22 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 9:00 pm
66
4h
Good
4:30 am → 9:00 am
64
4h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h
Good
10:00 am → 11:00 am
48
1h
First light
4:43 am
Last light
6:21 pm
Sunrise
5:07 am
Sunset
5:58 pm
Moonrise
1:13 pm
Moonset
1:49 am
High tide
4:33 am
Low tide
10:12 am
High tide
4:48 pm
Low tide
11:22 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
←︎
W
265°
2 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
246°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
221°
5 km/h
3am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
98°
1 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
108°
2 km/h
5am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
36°
5 km/h
6am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
8°
7 km/h
7am
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
17°
6 km/h
8am
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
23°
6 km/h
9am
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
34°
8 km/h
10am
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
41°
11 km/h
11am
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
35°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
40°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
45°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
64°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
40°
11 km/h
4pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
39°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
15 km/h
7pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
24°
17 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
19°
12 km/h
10pm
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
345°
5 km/h
11pm
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
15°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m E
12am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NE (40°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.